EXAM REFORM

NCP-SP's Supriya Sule cautions party worker about speaking near mikes. Congress retains Badrinath seat despite MLA defection. High-level panel on exam reforms criticized for lack of synergy between school and higher education departments.

The Union health ministry and National Medical Commission (NMC) are preparing to transition the NEET-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) exam from a pen-and-paper Optical Mark Reader (OMR) format to a computer-based test (CBT). This shift is aimed at enhancing ...

The education ministry and exam reforms panel are exploring US and UK entrance exam models for potential changes, like computer-based testing. Public feedback favors domain-specific and social aptitude tests. Central government is discussing NTA's r...

Centre defends decision not to cancel NEET exam due to lack of evidence of widespread breach. CBI investigates reported paper leaks and cheating. Supreme Court to hear pleas on July 8 regarding alleged irregularities. NTA faces criticism and demands...

NEET-PG Exam 2024: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has postponed the NEET-PG Entrance Examination to August 11 in two shifts, following a cancellation last month due to alleged test irregularities. The Ministry of Heal...

Vidya Bharti, tied to RSS, proposed aptitude-based exam changes following the NEET-UG leak to reduce student stress. Suggestions like open book exams, question paper banks, and JEE Advanced-style testing were sent to a panel led by K Radhakrishnan. ...

The high-powered committee on entrance exam reforms, set up following the NEET-UG fiasco, is learnt to have received several of these inputs. Academics, experts and officials associated with the education ministry over the years have highlighted the...

Recent UGC decisions challenge NTA's digital exam quality as paper leaks and exam mode debates persist, raising concerns over the integrity of exams and the impact on candidates.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan criticized the Congress on Saturday, accusing it of wanting to avoid a discussion in Parliament over the NEET exam issue. This statement follows Rahul Gandhi's request to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a...

UGC NET 2024: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced new dates for the UGC NET June session due to previous postponements. The NCET 2024 will be on July 10, the Joint CSIR-UGC NET from July 25-27, and the UGC NET June 2024 Cycle from August...

NEET Exam: The Ministry of Education's panel seeks input from stakeholders, including students and parents, to reform the NTA amid allegations of exam irregularities. Stakeholders can submit suggestions until July 7 via the Innovate India website. T...

The Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously passed a resolution urging the union government to scrap the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) and allow state governments to conduct medical admissions based on class 12 marks. This resolution, introd...

Their recommendations include holding computer-based tests, multiple shifts, multiple days, use of AI to ensure each question paper is unique, more involvement of medical colleges, higher discipline across the student community to adhere to fair tes...

The Education Ministry's exam reforms panel, led by former ISRO chief R Radhakrishnan, will consult with parents and students to address concerns over exam processes amid controversies surrounding NEET and NET exams. During its initial meeting, the ...

The Education Ministry has handed over the investigation into alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG 2024 exam to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). This decision follows the removal of National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Subodh Si...

Underlining that addressing the concerns of students and parents is top priority of the government, the people said National Testing Agency (NTA) will be reformed, which has become necessary following allegations of irregularities, before the next N...

Former AIIMS-Delhi director Randeep Guleria, University of Hyderabad Vice-Chancellor BJ Rao, professor emeritus in IIT-Madras' Department of Civil Engineering K Ramamurthy, People Strong co-founder and Karmayogi Bharat board member Pankaj Bansal, II...

CBI registers FIR for alleged irregularities in NEET-UG exams. Ministry of Education assigns case to CBI for thorough investigation. Government enacts Public Examination Act to prevent unfair means in exams.

The move comes with the NEET-UG 2024 exam, which saw nearly 2.4 million participants, facing allegations of question paper leaks and grace marks being awarded to over 1,500 students. The results, announced on June 4, triggered protests and legal act...